Tools, equipment stolen from Lorain home

LORAIN -- A recent break in at a Lakeview Avenue house resulted in an estimated $3,620 worth of power tools and construction equipment being stolen, a Lorain police report stated.

A Lakewood man has been fixing up the property with the intent to rent it out. He had been working on the house Wednesday evening, and when he returned Thursday at noon, he noticed that someone had broken in through a window.

Missing were 100 feet of copper pipe, a laser measuring tool, two circular saws, three grinders, four diamond coated drill bits, four nail guns, an air compressor, stapler, three faucet sets, a cordless drill and a hammer drill, the report stated.